The 1869 Newfoundland general election was held in 1869 to elect members of the 10th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the

Newfoundland Colony Newfoundland Colony was an English and, later, British colony established in 1610 on the island of Newfoundland off the Atlantic coast of Canada, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. That followed decades of sporadic English ...

. 21 Anti-Confederates (A-C) were elected against 9 Confederates (Con), ending for a moment the debate over joining the Dominion of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

Results by party

Elected members

* Twillingate-Fogo ** Charles Duder (A-C) ** Smith McKay (A-C) *

Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay (BB) is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean. The bay is demarcated by Cape Freels to the nor ...

** James L. Noonan (A-C) ** William M. Barnes (A-C) ** Francis Winton (A-C) * Trinity Bay ** Stephen Rendell (Con) ** Thomas H. Ridley (Con) *** Alexander Graham (later in a by-election) **

Robert Alsop Robert Alsop (1814 – March 25, 1871) was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral de ...

(A-C) (defeated after named to cabinet post in 1870) *** John H. Warren (later, in a by-election) * Bay de Verde ** John Bemister (Con) *** James J. Rogerson (later, in a by-election) *

Carbonear Carbonear is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It overlooks the west side of Conception Bay and had a history long tied to fishing and shipbuilding. Since the late 20th century, its economy has changed to emphasiz ...

** John Rorke (Con) *

Harbour Grace Harbour Grace is a town in Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. With roots dating back to the 16th century, it is one of the oldest towns in North America. It is located about northwest of ...

** John Munn (Con) ** William S. Green (Con) * Brigus-Port de Grave ** James B. Woods (A-C) *

St. John's East St. John's East (french: St. John's-Est; formerly known as St. John's North) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949. It covers a part of St ...

** William P. Walsh (A-C) ** James Jordan (A-C) ** Robert J. Parsons, senior (A-C) * St. John's West ** Peter Brennan (A-C) ** Thomas Talbot (A-C) *** Maurice Fenelon (later in a by-election) **

Henry Renouf Henry Renouf (1820 – March 18, 1880) was an educator, judge and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West from 1861 to 1869 and Placentia and St. Mary's from 1869 to 1873 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Ass ...

(A-C) Renouf was elected in Saint John's West and Placentia & St. Mary's, choosing to sit for the latter district. *** Lewis Tessier (later, in a by-election) *

Harbour Main Harbour Main, formerly Harbour Main-Whitbourne and Harbour Main-Bell Island, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to 1975, the district elected two MHAs. Between 1972 and the ...

** James I. Little (A-C) ** John Kennedy (A-C) *

Ferryland Ferryland is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. According to the 2021 Statistics Canada census, its population is 371. Seventeenth century settlement Ferryland was originally established as a station for migratory fis ...

** Thomas Glen (A-C) ** Thomas Badcock (or Battcock) (A-C) * Placentia-St. Mary's **

Charles Fox Bennett Charles James Fox Bennett (11 June 1793 in Shaftesbury, England – 5 December 1883) was a merchant and politician who successfully fought attempts to take Newfoundland into Canadian confederation. Bennett was a successful businessman and ...

(A-C) (Leader of the Anti-Confederates) ** Robert J. Parsons, junior (A-C) **

(A-C) * Burin **

Frederick Carter Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter, (February 12, 1819 – March 1, 1900) was a lawyer and Premier of Newfoundland from 1865 to 1870 and from 1874 to 1878. Career Carter was the son of Peter Weston Carter''Volume one, p. 363, Encyclopedia ...

(Con) (Leader of the Confederates) ** Edward Evans (Con) *

Fortune Bay Fortune Bay () is a fairly large natural bay located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada.Thomas R. Bennett (A-C) (Speaker of the Assembly) *

Burgeo-LaPoile Burgeo-La Poile is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,527 eligible voters living within the district. The district was first created when Newfoundland joined con ...

Prescott Emerson Prescott Emerson (1840 – February 3, 1889) was a lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Burgeo-LaPoile in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1869 to 1878. He was born in St. John's, the son of Georg ...

(Con)

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1869 Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional Soccer, football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 & ...

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